I tried to answer, but I was busy trying not to let my nose run so much.
“You are so special, Camille. When you grow up, you’re going to save lives and change the world. But if you give up when things get hard, do you think you can do all of that?”
I shook my head.
“You keep coming to class and keep practicing because you are not a quitter. You’re a winner.”
Dad wiped my tears, I hugged him, and we went home.
In the past ten years, ballet has been the center of my life. When I started high school, my dad stopped taking me to practice. Jenny was also into ballet and went to the same studio, so I rode with her to practice instead. But my dad never missed any of my recitals. Whenever I performed, I would get nervous about dancing in front of so many people. Then I would see my dad’s face
